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Kasz216 on 02 March 2010
CGI-Quality said:
To answer your question, Lair had many things wrong with it that were detrimental to it's success, including reviews that spit on it. HEAVY RAIN also wasn't 'hyped to death', not really even on the internet. It received a modest amount of hype, with reviews that were extremely positive. It's a sleeper hit now.

What it tells me is each fan-base goes for something specific to their liking. Maybe Wii fans didn't want an FPS, especially one from a non-proven franchise. Perhaps PlayStation fans wanted something fresh and innovative (very similar to Nintendo fans) and along comes critically acclaimed, HEAVY RAIN.

Even now, Sony has to answer to HEAVY RAIN shortages (something that would have been laughed at just 2 weeks ago). The game became successful because of the story, the visuals, the way it's played (yes, that made a difference to many) and the fact that it was so well received by the critics.

Today is a good day or the future of gaming of this nature. I mainly celebrate HEAVY RAIN's sales for that purpose, all else is moot. The game could have sold just one copy (my own) and it still would be where it is today on my gaming chart: #1.

I dunno, you alone got me sick of Heavy Rain with all the constant talk and hype you were running.



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Silver-Tiger on 02 March 2010

I think it sells well because it is so different. On on side, it's like a good movie you want to see more than just once. On the other hand it's still interactive and you can change everything in that movie.
My father was never much interested in Gaming but when I showed him heavy Rain he was totally thrilled.

PS:

Heavy Rain Metacritic > Final Fantasy XIII Metacritic.

'nuff said.



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Reasonable on 02 March 2010
z101 said:
Heavy Rain is successfull because of the gigantic marketing hype. Even mainstream media writing about this.

And yes. Heavy Rain is all about pretty graphics and the story, the gameplay is boring and dull. To enjoy this game look at a walktrough video on youtube, much better than playing it. :)

In your opinion of course!  I'm personally finding it quite refreshing from the deluge of new FPS, Mario's, driving games, etc.  A good old plot driven adventure game like the old days!  Great fun.



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d21lewis on 02 March 2010

Sometimes, I just want to play a game but I don't want to play an intense game. I don't want frustration. I've been gaming forever and I crave diversity. I'm getting old.

Heavy Rain was exactly what I wanted. I can't imagine it being any better. It blew my expectations away.

It deserves many more sales.



solidpumar on 02 March 2010
AngelosL said:
How can people find the controls complicated??You push what you see on screen!It isn't that hard :P

 

the car controls (pressing R2 to accelerate) was unecessary and dumb.


Also some HOLD buttons QTE were kind consufing for some, because there was people that thought you needed to keep holding all button of the QTE even after the button disaperead making people run out of fingers... lol

The holding button QTE were a pain in the ass even for me that am pretty acustomed to the controller a knew how the QTE worked. (climbing the dirt mountain on the demo crime scene for example)



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--OkeyDokey-- on 02 March 2010
z101 said:

And yes. Heavy Rain is all about pretty graphics and the story, the gameplay is boring and dull. To enjoy this game look at a walktrough video on youtube, much better than playing it. :)

Is that why IGN gave it a higher score for gameplay than graphics? :O



Lord Flashheart on 02 March 2010
CGI-Quality said:
makingmusic476 said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:
You're asking why it's selling better than Lair and The Conduit? Well, did you ever think that maybe Heavy Rain is a great game and those other games suck?

This.

I don't have the slightest bit of interest in Heavy Rain, but even I can tell it'll be great for those who are into that type of thing.  Hell, my boss, a guy who plays little more than Call of Duty and Madden, absolutely loved the game.

 

OH MY GOD WHAT IS HE DOING TO GREAVSIE!!!



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libellule on 02 March 2010

1/ The Conduit = average "just another" FPS vs Heavy Rain = quite special experience

2/ FPS need online multiplayer but Wii online ==> crap

3/ Wii = mainstream/casual appeal with less FPS lover

4/ Heavy rain more hyped and marketed than The Conduit



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bluesinG on 02 March 2010

According to Quantic Dream, their previous game--Fahrenheit (a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy)--has sold over 800k copies LTD.

That game had a similar style and much less hype. I'm interested to see what kind of sales legs Heavy Rain shows.



dahuman on 02 March 2010

game gets intense if you ask me, I got more rush than playing a lot of the action games these days.